The effort to prevent Texas Governor Greg Abbott from fortifying the southern border is intensifying. This comes as tens of thousands of illegal immigrants continue to enter the US daily, drawn by President Joe Biden’s open-border policy.
On Thursday, US District Judge David Ezra, appointed by President Reagan, issued a temporary injunction that blocks Texas law granting local police the authority to arrest illegal immigrants.
As reported by ABC News:
“The preliminary injunction granted by U.S. District Judge David Ezra pauses a law that was set to take effect March 5 and came as President Joe Biden and his likely Republican challenger in November, Donald Trump, were visiting Texas’ southern border to discuss immigration. Texas officials are expected to appeal.”
In December, Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill granting Texas law enforcement the authority to arrest illegal immigrants amidst the ongoing surge of migrants at the border during the Biden administration.
“Biden’s deliberate inaction has left Texas to fend for itself,” Abbott said, adding the new bill is designed to “stop the tidal wave of illegal entry into Texas.”
“At the Texas-Mexico border today for a bill signing ceremony that will take #OperationLoneStar to the next level,” Abbott wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).
Left-leaning civil rights groups like the ACLU have filed lawsuits aiming to block Abbott’s new law.
“US District Judge David Ezra wrote in his decision that allowing Texas to ‘permanently supersede federal directives’ due to an invasion would ‘amount to the nullification of federal law and authority — a notion that is antithetical to the Constitution and has been unequivocally rejected by federal courts since the Civil War.’” ABC News reported.
Joe Biden is scheduled to travel to Texas to visit the southern border for a photo opportunity. Concurrently, President Trump will also be present at the southern border on Thursday.
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